One of the first things that I teach children in all of my classes is dog body language. I teach how an animal communicates because it is not only an important aspect to working with animals and learning about animals, but it is essential for safety. If a child doesn't know the signals that dogs are giving us, they can learn to fear animals because of a bad experience or even become seriously hurt. A dog that is aggressive will show you many signals before actually causing yo

I have had many animals throughout my life time. I have lost animals in may different ways. Some have died of old age, some died young of unknown causes, some have died because of my mistreatment and lack of knowledge, and I have also had the horrible misfortune of having a cat go missing. I am grateful that I have not yet had to experience the process of euthanization with a pet. I can only imagine how difficult it must be to make the choice to put down a family member. Alth